Improvement in rakes for harvesters



Unrrnn STATES 1' PATENT Ormea@ JAMES PINE, OF TROY, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. J. VIELE,

` OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAKES FOR HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,266, dated May 7, 1861.

lo all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, J AMEs PINE, of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and'Improved Baking Device for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following" is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l isa sidesectional view of my invention, taken in the line a: Fig. 3;'Fig. 2, a front view of the same; Fig. 3, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in a novel and improved arrangement of endless toothed bands, as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the grain as it is cut is conveyed from the front part of the platform and deposited in a receiver, from whence it may be discharged from time to time in suitable gavels.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the main frame of themachine, supported by two wheels, B B, to the axle C of which the draft-pole D is connected.

E is the platform, which is attached to the main frame A by the finger-bar F and a bar, G, at the back end of the platform. These bars F G are connected, respectively, to the front and back ends of the main frame A by joints c a, which admit Yof the platform rising and falling to conform to the inequalities `of the surface of the ground. This. yielding movement of the platform E is controlled or guided by a slotted segment, H, attached to the front end of the platform on arm b, which is attached to the finger-bar, being fitted in the segment H.

I I represent two parallel horizontal plates which are placed on the platform E, the lower plate, I, projecting rather farther forward than the upper plate, I. At the front parts of the plates I I there are placed vertical shafts J J J J', and on these shafts pulleys K K K K are placed. The pulleys K K are between the plates I I, and the pulleys K K are between the lower plate, I, and the platform E,

the lower pulleys, K, projecting rather farther forward than the upper pulleys, K. Around each pair of pulleys K K K Kl endless straps L M pass. These straps are provided with teeth, and are parellel with thefinger-bar; but Y ley, K, of the upper pair, K K, an endless' toothed apron, c, passes, and a similar apron, d, passes around thelower pulley, O', of the shaft N, and the outermost pulley K of the lower pair at the front end of the platform. At the back parts of the plates I I there is placed a pulley, e. around which and the outermost pulley K of the upper pair of rollers an endless toothed strap, j', passes.

At the back part of the platform E there is a box or receptacle, I. This box or recepta cle is attached to the back bar, G, of the platform, and it has a hinged bottom, Q, which may be opened at the will of the operator through the medium of a suitable lever or other proper device.

At the outer side of the platform E there is attached a vertical board or guard, g.

The operation of the machine is as follows: As the implement is drawn along, the endless toothed straps L M c df are rotated in the dii rection indicated by the arrows, power being communicated to shaft N in any proper way7 and the cut grain is forced back by the usual reel (not represented) against the toothed straps L M, the'grain, as it rests against said straps, being slightly inclined from a vertical position, owing to the lower strap, M, being rather farther forward. Ihe straps L M conduct the cut grain to the-straps c d f, which conduct it along by the side of the guard g to the back end. of the platform, where it is discharged into the receptacle I), the bottom Q of which isopened from time to time by the driver, so nthat the grain may be discharged on the ground in proper-sized gavels. By this i arrangement the cut grain is conveyed back to the box or receptacle P in a uniform manner,

and is discharged in proper gavels,with the straw evenly disposed, so as to facilitate the binding operation.

In consequence of having the platform E connected to the main frameAby joints or'hinges the platform is allowed torise and fall freely .and conform to the inequalities of the surface of the ground. The outer or grain end of the n platform E is supported by-a grain-Wheel, S.

One or more of the endless bands may, if preferred, be replaced by chains or cords, which will serve to hold the grain in proper position f 'l and forward it to the desired point, and the bands or cords may', if preferred, pass continuously around the pulleys K K and O O e.

I do not claim, broadly and irrespective of arrangement, the employment or use of endless toothed belts for conveying cut grain from the platform of a harvester; but

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The employment or use of the endless straps, chains, or cordsv L M c df,When arranged With the plates I I and guardboard g on the platform E, to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Y

JAMES PINE.

Vitnesses WM. B. LITcH, WILLIAM A. NUMAN. 

